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Stenobothrus stigmaticus

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Stenobothrus stigmaticus
Male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
(Europe regional assessment)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Stenobothrus
Species:
S. stigmaticus
Binomial name
Stenobothrus stigmaticus
(Rambur, 1838)[2]

Stenobothrus stigmaticus is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae and is sometimes called the lesser mottled grasshopper.[3]

Distribution

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The species inhabits most of Europe, from south Spain to Scandinavia. In the east, it reaches the Baltic Sea coast (southeast Lithuania). In the southeast, it reaches European Russia via the Balkan Peninsula and Northern Greece. In Italy, in the south part of the Alps, Stenobothrus stigmaticus is replaced by her very similar sister species Stenobothrus apenninus.[4][5] In the British Isles, S. stigmaticus was originally only found on the Isle of Man,[3] but records now exist for north Wales and the Wash (see range map).

Close-Up of a Stenobothrus stigmaticus

References

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  1. ^ Hochkirch, A.; Willemse, L.P.M.; Rutschmann, F.; Chobanov, D.P.; Kleukers, R.; Kristin, A.; Presa, J.J.; Szovenyi, G. (2016). "Stenobothrus stigmaticus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16084454A74515452. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ^ Rambur (1838) Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie 2: 93
  3. ^ a b Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.
  4. ^ Fauna Europaea
  5. ^ Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8